A spokesperson for the Hamas movement’s military wing said during a speech commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Gilad Shalit deal on Tuesday that Israel would be made to release Palestinian prisoners as part of a future deal.

Abu Obeida, a spokesperson for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said on Tuesday that Israel was “evading paying for a new deal,” but that it would “pay,” willingly or not, in any new exchange deal.

He added that the world, the Palestinian people, and Palestinian prisoners would be surprised “when the time comes for the Brigades to reveal the entire truth on what the resistance has in store to obtain the freedom of prisoners.”

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